Daschle's Tax Woes Illustrate DC Pattern

February 2, 2009

WASHINGTON — Tom Daschle, the former Democratic Senate leader, had been voted out of office. His close friend Leo Hindery, a Democratic donor and media mogul, was out of a job too, having just sold his latest company, Yes Networks. So in early 2005 the two men decided to team up.

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Writing off Updike

February 2, 2009

In death, John Updike is being remembered as America’s last great man of letters. So why, Lee Siegel asks, did the literary establishment try to bury him for the past two decades?

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Potential ComSec Gregg Extracts Promise on Replacement

February 2, 2009

WASHINGTON -President Barack Obama is poised to pick a Republican senator, Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, as his commerce secretary, but the state’s Democratic governor will likely fill the vacancy with another Republican, leaving Democrats just shy of a filibuster-proof Senate.

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Amazon to Launch Kindle 2.0 Feb 9th?

February 2, 2009

New York (NY) – On February 9, Amazon will hosting a special media event in the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City. Both the venue and the timing lead most to believe that this is the day the newly redesigned Kindle 2.0 will hit the market as a slimmer, and better designed device […]

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Super Bowl XLIII Financial Winners & Losers

February 2, 2009

We like to think you find things here at “SportsBiz” that you won’t find anywhere else. And that’s why we’re coming away from Super Bowl XLIII with the biggest list of financial winners and losers from this game.

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Daschle Surprise Raises Vetting Questions

February 2, 2009

It was designed as the most comprehensive vetting form ever — 60-plus inquiries meant to leave not a single gap in what Barack Obama’s nominees must divulge about their lives. But when he returned his questionnaire, Tom Daschle forgot to mention the free limo rides.

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Dionne: Stimulus is About Larger Objectives

February 2, 2009

The coming week will test the strength of President Obama and the Democrats: Will they lose their nerve, or will they face down a rapidly forming conventional wisdom that would allow them to claim victory only if their economic stimulus package passes with substantial Republican support?

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How WaMu Failed

February 2, 2009

In the summer of 2001, Kerry Killinger was on top of the world. The chief executive of Washington Mutual had spent a decade building his Seattle savings and loan into a national superstar, capturing billions of dollars in deposits and, more recently, expanding heavily into the mortgage business.

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Palin: Case for ANWR Drilling

February 2, 2009

Palin: I am dismayed that legislation has again been introduced in Congress to prohibit forever oil and gas development in the most promising unexplored petroleum province in North America — the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, in Alaska.

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Emanuel May Want to Return to Claim Illinois Seat

February 2, 2009

CHICAGO–Yes, President Obama’s Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel did express an interest in running for his congressional seat again someday, a candidate for his seat said Sunday. State Rep John Fritchey, D-Chicago, said he spoke with Emanuel when he was deciding whether to run for Emanuel’s seat.

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